CLAY COUNTY, MO – A motorcycle accident left a rider dead and caused closures along a stretch of Interstate 35 in Clay County on Thursday afternoon, KMBC reported.
According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a man was riding a motorcycle southbound at about 3:30 p.m. when he went off the left side of the roadway and collided with a guardrail.
The rider, a 35-year-old man from Minnesota, was ejected from the bike and pronounced dead at the scene. No other vehicles were involved in the wreck.
The southbound lanes of I-35 were shut down north of Pleasant Valley Road while the crash was being cleared and investigated. All lanes reopened about 5 p.m.
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